A Riotous Oil-painting: classics

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Wednesday, 22 June 2011

All that is certain

The Book: The Dispossessed by Ursula Le Guin

The Review: "Certain to become a classic"

The Reviewer: Science Fiction Monthly

The Verdict: This book is in every science fiction fans pantheon of great books alongside I, Robot, Day of the Triffids and Dune. Hang on...

(Look - slap bang on the cover!)

(More great 70s sci-fi covers here)

Monday, 9 May 2011

The Most Exaggerated Review in the World

The book: The Diary of a Nobody by George & Weedon Grossmith

The quote: "The funniest book in the world"

The reviewer: Evelyn Waugh

The verdict: Mildly amusing

WELCOME

You know those quotes you read on the back of books from various reviewers that tell you this book is the most awesome book you'll ever read. Then you read it and wonder if it's the same book the reviewer read.

That feeling of mystification is what we want to capture in this blog.

So if you like books (or simply hate reviewers) and have ever been lured into purchasing by the promise of "A riotous oil-painting of senility, lust and greed", only to find a faded watercolour then this is the blog for you.

If you have a review you'd like to see on here send it to riotousoilpainting@hotmail.co.uk